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Press officer, Ed Casson, tells us about a fascinating soundtrack that has been created to accompany one of our most popular paintings…

‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’, William Yeames

If someone asked you to describe a painting, how would you go about it – would you be objective or subjective? For visually-impaired artist Alison Jones that was the key to her project ‘Arts, Lies and Audio Tapes’ – to explore issues of interpretation and censorship.

Aigburth-born Alison invited visitors to the Walker Art Gallery to give descriptions of the famous William Yeames painting ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ While some people were happy to give brief explanations of what they saw, others spent up to an hour outlining each precise detail of the piece. Alison edited these together to create a soundtrack, which was then played in front of an imprecise line drawing of the painting at a Liverpool DaDafest exhibition.

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